It's true, some lightweight bikes in my shots but some XR600's too ... and my DR650 was there too on other trips shown.

210 kgs. is just TOO MUCH (for me). (see fallen R1200GS below) Expert level riders can do it but not me.
I've seen guys ride loaded GS's in sand and were able to make it through most times. It's all technique. I believe your 660 Tenere' may be right at the limit for doing deep sand.

My advice? If you can, ride very early in the AM ... sand is damp, not so soft.
Low pressure in tires. Helps!


My DR650 and friends XR600. I also rode a KLR650 around here ... not good!

But my friends XR600 and my DR650 did OK in the deep sand. A little faster pace is better, and tires at low pressure helps too! Stay in right gear and you may not have to slip clutch too much!

Most riders look down at their front tire ... doing that will have you on the ground or stalled, buried in sand! If you look WAY OUT FRONT ... it really helps!


Another fall in deep "Bull Dust" in Copper Canyon. (an area there where NO ONE HAS BEEN!) After 5 falls I took over riding the GS and guy in Yellow Aerostich rode my DL1000 Vstrom. He did better on the Vstrom ... no more falls. I rode the GS and it was TOUGH. I nearly killed myself a few times. The Bull Dust was created from HUGE logging trucks. The "Fesh Fesh"
was about one foot to 2 feet deep in places. You could not see your front tire at all and the deep dust created a "Wake" like driving a boat through water. Very strange! You could not see ROCK, STUMP, HOLE ahead. Very dangerous.